nim bmc #276
following in my father’s footsteps, four decades on: completed a month-long basic mountaineering course (#276) from nehru institute of mountaineering in uttarkashi.
lecture: rock terminology. | image author: unknown.
rock-climbing, tekhla.
bouldering session, tekhla.
river-crossing and tyrolean traverse.
approach march: bhukki road-head, tel camp, gujjar hut, and base camp. | image author: unknown.
lecture: snow craft (and: arresting oneself during a fall). | image author: unknown.
roping-up on a glacier ; crevasse rescue (using c- and z-pulley systems). | image author: unknown.
ascending and descending on ice. | image author: unknown.
height-gain exercise.
height-gain exercise.
last days. | image author: unknown.